My interests in the investigation of the known world through physics and biology are reflected in my practice.Currently, in my own work I deal with the representation of the figure through my series of Dust Paintings. For these portraits, I photograph the subject in their home. Then over a period of months I collect the dust from their home via their vacuum bags. Dust arrives in our homes as a remnant of our own existence and degeneration as it is up to 70% human skin. The painting is completed by rendering the subject in a realistic manner in oils and the rest of their environment is rendered solely out of the dust from their home. Their pets and any other living things are also included, as their particles are also contained within the dust.